Initiatives Government & Multilateral Funding

Government & Multilateral Funding

Since 2015, Global Philanthropy Project has played a leading role in increasing the amount and influence the type of multilateral and bilateral aid and development funding dedicated to global LGBTI issues.

The Advisory Committee provides strategic advice to GPP to support its mission of increasing LGBTI funding by donor governments and leading private foundations. The Committee assists GPP in identifying emerging issues and trends to inform the Donor Government and Field Influencing work, engaging with donor governments, and elevating this work within the broader GPP membership.

Learn more about our advocacy work on Government and Multilaterals

Ise Bosch

Founder and CEO,
Dreilinden

Nicky McIntyre

CEO, Foundation for a Just Society

Amira El-Sayed

Director Global Programs, Luminate

David Sampson

Deputy Director, The Baring Foundation

Caroline Kouassiaman

Executive Director, ISDAO

On 1 March 2022 at the Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced Australia’s first dedicated fund for LGBTQIA+ rights in Asia and the Pacific, the A$3.5m Inclusion and Equality Fund. She also announced the development of a first-ever dedicated Australian LGBTQIA+ human rights in foreign policy strategy. This announcement followed advocacy and engagement by GPP, Equality Australia, and a coalition of six regional LGBTQIA+ rights organizations: ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, ILGA Asia, Pacific Sexual and Gender Diversity Network, APCOM, Asia Pacific Transgender Network and Intersex Asia. Additionally, Global Philanthropy Project, in partnership with Aurora and GiveOUT, hosted the first-ever convening on LGBTIQ+ funding in Australia, Asia and the Pacific in advance of the Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference.
GPP released position statements prior to the 2016 Montevideo Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) conference (read here) and 2018 Vancouver conference (read here), which outline the network’s priorities for the ERC in order to support the coalition to be an effective platform for increasing the amount and quality of resources flowing to LGBTI movements and communities in the Global South and East.

In September 2024, in partnership with LGBT+ Denmark, Global Philanthropy Project published Elevating Global LGBTI Rights: Recommendations for Danish leadership on global LGBTI funding. This report discusses how the Government of Denmark can step up its efforts in supporting LGBTI communities in its international cooperation.
In July 2024, Global Philanthropy Project, together with partners Dignity Network Canada and Égides, published Standing Up: Canada’s Leadership in Global LGBTI Funding. This report explores Global Resources Report data on funding committed by the Government of Canada, and provides targeted recommendations for Canada to renew and strengthen its commitment to global LGBTI movements.
In 2023, GPP and Equality Australia in partnership with ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, ILGA Asia, Pacific Sexual and Gender Diversity Network, APCOM, Asia Pacific Transgender Network and Intersex Asia published Partnering with Pride: Partnering with Pride: The case for Australian action on equality in our region.